Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
-Pablo Picasso
In the community of North Dallas dwells a mom so efficient, organized, and family focused, she could strike fear into hearts of other moms. As her children grow, she has adapted her home to fit...

Despite having both Media and Game rooms, the children of this far North Dallas home prefer to hang out with their parents in the Great room. Is it because of the extra comfortable seating? Maybe. Is it because they enjoy their parents’ sparkling wit and wisdom? Perhaps. For me,...

Form.
Update!
It was a nice house in a lovely neighborhood. The home owners were oh-so-ready to start some updates. The baths particularly smacked of the 90’s: Cultured marble, pickled stain, gold plumbing fixtures, white tile. They would start upstairs.
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After
Function.
Rethink...

Affordable Cabinet Update.
The stained cabinets in this Fairview home were ho-hum and outdated. As part of a larger kitchen remodel, the cabinets needed attention. Knowing that cabinets would be costly to replace, we decided that paint and some modifications would give us the updated look we were...

Anthropologie bedding serves as the palette for a new guest room.
Well, jungle bedding anyway…. from Anthropologie. The client purchased this bedding she loved (from a store she loves) which became the palette for this guest room. Decorating on a Shoe String painted the walls in this...

Before
Update and Build-out.
Blah walls. And more blah walls. This busy Dallas orthodontic practice was ready to brighten things up. The practice was also acquiring adjacent square footage, which necessitated build-out, but a full...

Bath Remodel
Spacial Illusion
True to the vintage of this Plano home, the Master Bath is relatively small. We considered knocking out walls between the bath, shower, potty and closets to reconfigure. In this case, however, there was nothing to be gained: 2+3 still equalled 5. The Master Bath is still...

The kitchen looks like a party. A Cantina? A patio scene from Mama Mia? Shouldn’t the Pool Bath be as happy as the kitchen it adjoins?
Before
After
We started with paint. Sherwin Williams 6765 Spa for the walls and...

This far North Dallas home is being gradually personalized. It was a great spec house in a great location and a great neighborhood, with a great floor plan and a great yard. And it was available quickly without a lot of custom build...

Decorating on a Shoe String, a service for the cost-conscious, has many happy clients in the Dallas metroplex communities of Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Prosper, Fairview, Murphy, Heath, North Dallas and Westlake.
The company was founded by Ginny Andrews 15 years ago and has morphed to offer turn-key residential remodeling and commercial design as well as furniture and accessory selection, re-arrangement, custom window treatments and window products.